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Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?
September/October 2009 (vol. 11 no. 5)
pp. 22-27
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Thomas C. Jepsen, "Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?," IT Professional, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 22-27, September/October, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MITP.2009.105,
author = {Thomas C. Jepsen},
title = {Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?},
journal ={IT Professional},
volume = {11},
number = {5},
issn = {1520-9202},
year = {2009},
pages = {22-27},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2009.105},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Thomas C. Jepsen, IT consultant
This tutorial article describes some definitions of "ontology" as it relates to computer applications and gives an overview of some common ontology-based applications.

1. Ontology Definition Metamodel, OMG document number ptc/2007-09-09, Object Management Group, Nov. 2007.
2. "OWL Web Ontology Overview," W3C Recommendation, 10 Feb. 2004; www.w3.org/TR/2004REC-owl-features-20040210 /.
3. T. Gruber, "Toward Principles for the Design of Ontologies Used for Knowledge Sharing," Int'l J. Human-Computer Studies, vol. 43, nos. 5–6, 1995, pp. 907–928.

Index Terms:
ontology, transcendent, immanent, knowledge management, knowledge representation, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Web Ontology Language (OWL), semantic network, class, instance, IT Professional
Citation:
Thomas C. Jepsen, "Just What Is an Ontology, Anyway?," IT Professional, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 22-27, Sept.-Oct. 2009, doi:10.1109/MITP.2009.105
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